Taiwan’s Cardinal Paul Shan will make a historic visit to China, the first contact between Catholics on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait in 60 years.

The country now stands on the brink of achieving the “dream” of a democratic system, the patriarch of Alexandria said.

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley reportedly will tell the pope that the church in Ireland is “on the edge” of collapse because of the abuse scandals.

A 2009 joint statement by Catholic hospitals and labor unions concerning the right of workers to organize is still waiting for its first application.

Gov. Jan Brewer said she was prepared to defend S.B. 1070 all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The federal budget crunch should not be eased by cutting programs that help the poor, refugees and the unemployed, warned church leaders.